ghost write
Pen for another
Ghost write means to write something—a book, speech, article, or song—for someone else who takes public credit as the author.
Politicians rarely write their own speeches; celebrities rarely write their own memoirs.
The practice is ghost writing, the practitioner a ghost writer: She ghost wrote three bestsellers for a famous chef.
Often hyphenated or closed: ghostwrite, ghost-write.
- authorshipOrigin of written work
- wordsmithSkilled prose artisan
- draftingCreating technical blueprints
- autobiographySelf-penned life narrative
- uncreditedNot formally recognized
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